Having just played yesterday, the Habersham Central Raiders will jump right back in to play the Rabun Gap-Nacoochee Eagles at 10:00 a.m. on Saturday.
On Friday, Habersham Central lost to Alcovy on the road by a 56-39 margin.
Meanwhile, Rabun Gap-Nacoochee had already won six in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 9 points) and they went ahead and made it seven on Friday. They put the hurt on the Jaguars with a sharp 54-31 victory. Given the Eagles' advantage in MaxPreps' Georgia basketball rankings (they are ranked 32nd, while the Jaguars are ranked 341st), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Rabun Gap-Nacoochee's win was their fifth straight on the road, which pushed their record up to 8-3. As for Habersham Central, their defeat dropped their record down to 2-5.
Habersham Central came up short against Rabun Gap-Nacoochee in their previous matchup last Tuesday, falling 45-38. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Rabun Gap-Nacoochee's Inga Patrzalek, who went 5 for 10 on her way to 16 points and eight rebounds. Now that Habersham Central knows the damage she can cause, will they be able to stop her this time? There's only one way to find out.
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